Ireland - Adjusted savings

Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: natural resources depletion (% of GNI) in Ireland was 0.011 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.708 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.002 in 2015.

Definition: Natural resource depletion is the sum of net forest depletion, energy depletion, and mineral depletion. Net forest depletion is unit resource rents times the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth. Energy depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of energy resources to the remaining reserve lifetime. It covers coal, crude oil, and natural gas. Mineral depletion is the ratio of the value of the stock of mineral resources to the remaining reserve lifetime). It covers tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in "The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future" (Lange et al 2018).

See also:

Year Value
1970 0.250
1971 0.146
1972 0.152
1973 0.521
1974 0.708
1975 0.106
1976 0.071
1977 0.098
1978 0.105
1979 0.292
1980 0.228
1981 0.173
1982 0.094
1983 0.236
1984 0.323
1985 0.317
1986 0.122
1987 0.050
1988 0.302
1989 0.448
1990 0.192
1991 0.109
1992 0.087
1993 0.079
1994 0.070
1995 0.055
1996 0.062
1997 0.085
1998 0.013
1999 0.007
2000 0.055
2001 0.031
2002 0.022
2003 0.013
2004 0.042
2005 0.053
2006 0.313
2007 0.287
2008 0.024
2009 0.031
2010 0.085
2011 0.079
2012 0.036
2013 0.011
2014 0.012
2015 0.002
2016 0.064
2017 0.134
2018 0.146
2019 0.011

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts